The Nature of Trouble & The Case for Hope, by Dr. Michael Egan
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We live in uncertain times. Between geo-political and economic instabilities, an irreversible climate emergency and widespread biodiversity collapse, and the mass consolidation of wealth breeding even further inequities and forced displacements, simply reading the news or engaging with current events can feel overwhelming.
Anger and division and fear of the other seem to underpin these uncertainties. Dr. Michael Egan, a specialist in catastrophic history, reflects on the origins of alienation as cultural current, and the violence that accompanies it. He invites a crash-course tour of the modern world since the Enlightenment to identify the locus points for our contemporary malaise, and ends with an argument for a renewed sense of (and need for) hope.
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About the Speaker
๐ฟ๐ง. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฃ is an Associate Professor at McMaster University and a contemporary historian who explores how we might reconcile hope for the future in a world rife with anger and violence.
His teaching has spanned a wide range of fascinating topics, including:
- ๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ: ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ
- ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
- ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ & ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
- ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
- ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐
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Parking
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Join us for an afternoon of critical reflection and renewed optimism.